Peter Kendall said all efforts must now focus on containing the outbreak The President of the National Farmers Union says its members are “angry and concerned” that the foot-and-mouth outbreak may have originated at a scientific research laboratory. Speaking outside No.10, where he had been meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, […]

Q: Can foot and mouth disease be stopped in this country? A: “It is possible, but we are a very long way from being in that situation,” said National Farmers Union director of Communications director Anthony Gibson. A “once in a lifetime” vaccination to protect cattle should be aimed for “but we are some way […]

Turkeys are loaded into crates before gassing at the Bernard Mathews’ farm Health experts are still trying to determine the source of the bird flu outbreak at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm as the poultry industry begins to count the cost of the deadly strain. Nearly 160,000 turkeys on the Suffolk farm are being slaughtered […]